Bob Laemmle, who headed the family-owned chain of Los Angeles art house theaters that bears the name of the founder of Universal Pictures, died Thursday. He was 89.

Robert Laemmle, the longtime president of the family-owned Los Angeles arthouse theater chain Laemmle Theatres, died Thursday, his family announced. He was 89. His cause of death was not disclosed, but he was injured on Dec. 23 when he fell and at the time of his death was being treated at Berkley East Healthcare Center in Santa Monica.

Robert “Bob” Laemmle, the president of the Los Angeles-based Laemmle Theatres who ran the chain until his son Greg took over in 2004, died Thursday in Santa Monica. He was 89. Bob Laemmle was born in Paris and came with his parents,